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Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump in a photo circulated by Trump in his announcement of Kaploun's nomination as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

Meet Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun. A long-time friend of Miriam Adelson, he has deep ties to the far-right of the Jewish community. Soon, he will be leading the charge to criminalize Palestine solidarity as Donald Trump’s envoy to “combat antisemitism.”

Miloon Kothari

In a letter to UN Human Rights Council President Nazhat Khan, UN official Navi Pillay defends her colleague Miloon Kothari against accusations of antisemitism from pro-Israel groups, Israeli lawmakers, and U.S. officials following his interview with Mondoweiss, saying his comments “seem to have deliberately been taken out of context.”

The attacks on Kothari appear to be part of a concerted effort to undermine the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which the United States and Israel have opposed since it was created in 2021.